Prophesying Peace.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. Frontispiece portrait; pictorial endpapers. 254pp. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. First edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust wrapper. A sequel to Ancestral Voices. More
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Journal of a West India Proprietor, 1815-17.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Ed. by Mona Wilson. Illus. 8vo, rebound in later red library cloth, ex-lib with perforated library stamp on title page. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. More
Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica
London: John Murray, 1834. 408pp. 8vo, rebound in modern brown cloth. London: John Murray, 1834. First Edition. Very good "...the journals of two earlier residences in Jamaica, in 1815-16 and in 1817, respectively. It is, therefore, an interesting document dealing with the state of the island after the abolition of the slave trade and before the freeing of blacks." Ragatz, pages 227-228. Sabin 40821. More
Bring Me A Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1922 - 1928
New York: Harcourt, 1972. Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, two-tone blue cloth, dust wrapper (price clipped). New York: , (1971). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932
New York: Harcourt, 1973. Illustrated in black and white. 349 pages, 8vo, ocher and blue cloth, dust wrapper, price clipped. New York, (1973). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street
New York: Random House, 2002. 659 pages, very thick 8vo, black cloth backed boards (two bumps to the top edge of front cover), dust wrapper (light edgewear). New York: Random House, 2002. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
A Journal of the Birmingham Emigrating Company; The record of a trip from Birmingham Iowa, to Sacramento, California in 1850;
Salt Lake City: Legal Printing Company, 1928. Together with five early itineraries covered in part by this Company. With supplementary data compiled from historical sources and notes... Edited by Edgar M. Ledyard. Illus., folding map. (14), 198pp. Tall 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, corners of cloth bumped. Salt Lake City: (Legal Printing Company), 1928. One of 1000 copies. Flake 4986. Howes L-464. More
Journal of the Federal Convention.
Clark: Lawbook Exchange, 2013. Reprinted from the Edition of 1840, which was published under direction of the United States government from the original manuscripts. Ed. by E.H. Scott. 805pp. 8vo, pictorial boards; very minor shelf wear on bottom edge. Clark: Lawbook Exchange, (2013). A fine copy. Facsimile of the Chicago, 1898 edition. More
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico; The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. Ed. by Stella M. Drumm. Illus., folding map. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, corners very lightly bumped. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. More
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico; The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. Ed. by Stella M. Drumm. Illus., folding map. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, edges of corners bumped and worn, several tears in margins of Frontis., cloth rubbed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. More
Ruth Maier's Diary; A young girl's life under Nazism
London: Harvill Secker, 2009. Ed. by Jan Erik Vold. Illus. 413pp. 8vo, blue pictorial boards, boards rubbed. London: Harvill Secker, (2009). More
Passages from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution
Philadelphia: Hazard & Mitchell, 1849. Volume I. 1774-1777. (All Published in this Edition). Ed. by William Duane. 12mo, original blue cloth, cloth soiled, foxing throughout, top margins dampstained throughout, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, paper label worn. Philadelphia: Hazard & Mitchell, 1849. "Reliable contemporary authority on the Revolution in Pennsylvania." Howes M-310. Sabin 44768. More
China Winter: Workers, Mandarins, and the Purge of the Gang of Four
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1982. 369pp, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (boards creased; d.w. quite worn). New York: E. P. Dutton, 1982. A good copy, internally clean. More
Matey for Eighty
London: MPL, 1979. Yearly calendar with 53 illustrations, many featuring Paul McCartney. Oblong 8vo, spiral-bound pictorial boards. London: MPL Communications, (1979). A very good copy. More
Plates for '78. Linda McCartney's 1978 Diary
London: MPL, 1977. Yearly Calendar with 54 illustrations, many of Paul McCartney. Oblong 8vo, spiral-bound pictorial boards; rubbed. London: MPL Communications, 1977. A very good copy. More
The Diary of H. L. Mencken
New York: Knopf, 1989. Edited by Charles A. Fecher. xxx + 476 pages. Thick 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Definitive Journals of Lewis & Clark; Through the Rockies to the Cascades
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Illus. 415pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2002). Very good Volume 5 of the University of Nebraska Press edition. More
At General Howe's Side, 1776-1778; The diary of General William Howe's aide de camp, Captain Friedrich von Muenchhausen
Monmouth Beach: Philip Freneau Press, 1974. Translated by Ernst Kipping and annotated by Samuel Smith. Facsimiles of maps from the diary. 84pp. Square 4to, maroon cloth, covers slightly warped, otherwise very good. Monmouth Beach, NJ: Philip Freneau Press, 1974. First Edition. More
The Early Diary of Anais Nin. Volume Three: 1923-1927.
Harcourt, 1983. Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell. Illustrated. xv + 297 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; remainder mark on bottom edge, dust wrapper lightly chipped at spine ends. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1983). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Orton Diaries
New York: Haper & Row, 1986. Edited by John Lahr. Black-and-white frontispiece; illustrated endpapers; illustrated in black and white. 304 pages, 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First U.S. edition. Fine. More
Daniel Webster In England; Journal of Harriette Story Paige, 1839.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. Ed. by Edward Gray. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 tan cloth, spine lightly soiled. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. One of 570 copies. More
A Tour Through Indiana in 1840; The Diary of John Parsons of Petersburg, Virginia
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1920. Ed. by Kate Milner Rabb. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, small area of wear to back cover, spine rubbed, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, some light foxing to margins. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1920. More
Diario de una Navegacion y Reconocimiento del Rio Paraguay, Desde la Ciudad de la Asumpcion, hasta
Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Estado, 1836. los Presidios Portugueses Coimbra y Albuquerque. Navigation tables, 58pp. 4to, modern 1/2 blue cloth, handwritten paper label on front cover, boards worn on edges of corners and bottom edges, scattered very light foxing. Buenos-Aires: Imprenta del Estado, 1836. First Edition. In 1790, the Viceroy of Buenos Aires was concerned about Portuguese settlements in the western territory of Paraguay. He sponsored this expedition on the Paraguay River to establish the border between Paraguay and Brazil..... More
To Be Young Was Very Heaven.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Illus. 8vo, pink cloth, d.w. torn, chipped, and lightly soiled. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. From the diary of the author's girlhood in Boston and Cambridge at the turn of the century. More
The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited with additions by Henry E. Wheatley
London: Bell and Sons, 1928. 8 volumes in 3. Frontispiece, rubricated titles, rebound in 3/4 polished calf, marbled boards, ornately gilt spines, red leather spine labels, top edges gilt. London: Bell & Sons, 1928. Very good (+). More